United Airlines sued after Michigan woman says she was left on plane asleep in Philadelphia

Woman says she fell asleep, woke up alone on plane

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — A Michigan woman says she fell asleep on a United Express flight to Philadelphia and woke up to find that she was left alone on the plane.

Ginger McGuire of Ferndale, Mich., says she paced the empty aisle for about 15 minutes Tuesday until the door opened and she was greeted by police. She says they demanded identification.

McGuire says no one woke her. She says she fell asleep and didn’t wake until about 4 a.m., more than three hours after landing.

McGuire spoke Thursday in Southfield, Mich., at the law office of Geoffrey Fieger, whose firm sued United Airlines after the incident. United Airlines says it’s investigating.